Short communication: Genetic analysis of dairy bull fertility from field data of Brown Swiss cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7325-7328

  Tiezzi, F ^a,b   Maltecca, C ^a   Penasa, M ^b   Cecchinato, A ^b   Bittante, G ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bull fertility; Dairy cow; Heritability; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BOVINAE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEASON; SPERM; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC TESTING; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SEMEN;

EID: 84886285616     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-6885     Document Type: Article

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